Welcome

Greetings!

I
would like to warmly welcome you to the Arcadia Music Club Webpage.

As
President, I look forward to meeting each of you as parents play a
vital role in the success of our Club. The Music Club represents 5
different groups at Arcadia High School: Band, Orchestra, Color Guard,
Percussion and Choir. There are over 700 students each year active in
one of these groups! In order to have a successful and award winning
year, it takes a village of volunteers to make sure everything goes
smoothly for our Music Directors and students. This is where parents
are strongly encouraged to volunteer and be active with their student's
endeavors. To keep up with the latest, watch for volunteer requests
during the year that are sent out via ListServe, FaceBook, direct emails and this webpage.

One
of the best ways for a parent to stay active is to support the Music
Club via a family membership. There are several different levels of
membership and each of these have their benefits. We also accept
Sponsor/Company members and have ways for these groups to be active and
help out. The Music Club is a nonprofit organization, so any donation
is tax-deductible. During Apache Days, we ask that parents download
and submit the Membership Form/Donation or visit us at the Music Club
table.

The Music Club would like to acknowledge the following members for their generous contributions this year:

Wear your favorite ugly Christmas sweater, pajama pants, antler headband, or red & green festive attire and join the Color Guard for pizza at Blaze Pizza in Monrovia on Tuesday December 12 from 5-9 pm. Be sure to show them the attached flier to help support the Color Guard!See you there! 🌲🍕

Holiday Concert, December 13 and 14th.

51st Annual Spaghetti Dinner, January 13, 2018

Come Celebrate a Fantastic Year of Music - Football Games, Competitions, AFOB, and SCSBOA 6A Championships! Lots to celebrate!

4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. - Spaghetti Dinner served

We will have three identical shows except each will feature different classes for the drill down:

5 p.m. - Features the Freshmen

7 p.m. - Features the Sophomores & Juniors

9 p.m. - Features the Seniors

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS to make this event happen. Please sign up for a shift at:

Thank you for those who responded and agreed to open your homes for the Marching Koalas. We are still in need of housing for about 18 students. Whether you can host two, four, or even JUST ONE, please HELP! We need 10-12 families to take care of these visiting students. Let’s come together and make this an experience for everyone involved, especially our Marching Koalas friends. If you can't help with housing, perhaps you can help with transport. If you can help in any way, let us know.

We have been given a great opportunity to help promote music from around the world. In February 2017, the Arcadia Music Club made a commitment to help a traveling marching band fulfill a dream of marching in the 2018 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. The Marching Koalas from the Hunter Valley Region in New South Wales, Australia, will be marching in the 2018 Rose Parade, and the Arcadia Music Club made the commitment to house these fine young musicians from December 27th to January 3rd. There are 66 musicians participating in the tour.

Many people have asked “what does housing include?” Here are the expectations:Give them someplace to sleep.Feed them breakfastProvide transportation to their morning meeting place (usually AHS)Help them experience Los Angeles on the afternoon of December 30th and day of December 31stTreat them like one of your family and create life-long friendships

So, WE NEED YOUR HELP!

If you can help in any way, let us know. Please contact Mery Montgomery (amc.president@arcadiamusic.org) or Tom Forbes (tforbes@ausd.net) if you have questions or want to house some students..

ARCADIA MUSIC CLUB SCRIPParents... did you know the Arcadia
Music Club sells Scrip? We are currently looking for a dedicated
parent to take on the task of selling Scrip this school year. It would
involve maintaining the Scrip Cards, receiving and providing Scrip
Orders and attending events to sell Scrip. Scrip is an easy way to
provide extra funds to support our Music Department. Please email
Mery Montgomery at amc.president@arcadiamusic.org